Basement Remodeling

[Dave&Ginny]

Today turned out to be a pretty nice day so I took my trusty drill out and took the wall down in the basement of the Redwood. I'm planning on moving the wall back about 8 inches and putting access doors in to get to the inverter and the "P" trap under the vanity(which I found was leaking). I will also move the water pump, vacuum, as well as move the water filter to an easier to get to place and install a water manifold.

Although I love my Redwood, I'm amazed at how little thought went into the routine maintenance and the mess of wires and water lines under the floor. I'll end up re-routing most of these along with a bunch of electrical and the furnace duct lines.

There sure is a bunch of wasted space under there.

[arcticman1957]

I hope you will be taking pictures, I am very interested in seeing what you are doing and would like to see the end results.

[atom ant]

yes - pics please

[spindrift]

I'm planning to do the same to our FL. I hope to be pleasantly surprised by any wasted space I might find since we all know basement storage in this model leaves a whole lot to be desired.

[subdoc4]

Dave,

What you are doing is something I would expect most of us who have spent more than a little time in these were also thinking of (I for one).
Anything you can update that would improve the space would be great!

Thank you!

[Dave&Ginny]

[Dave&Ginny]

[Tobys Home]

Good luck Dave with your project. At 6'4" that area seems like a dungeon. The water filter it not only hard to get at but very flimsy. I guess I will have to buck up and get in there and do the fix. Please keep us posted on your progress.

[arcticman1957]

My water filter was held up by a single screw. I spun the filter to line it up with the steel truss and added a second screw this really made a difference in changing the filter. Now once I relief the pressure I can break free with wrench using one hand instead of two, one holding the filter to keeping the filter from spinning.

[spindrift]

Honestly, if I was a Redwood executive and saw the manner by which the water filter was "attached", I'd be embarrassed.

[atom ant]

My filter is the same way - so it wasn't just one lazy guy in production. Mine gets a new filter canister with a bypass and remounted this spring.

[0nTheRoad]

Mine only had one screw too, after trying to replace the cartridge the first time I added a second screw to mine too. Also wish they had made th access door larger, it's just too small!!

[Dave&Ginny]

Putting in larger and more doors is a must. I'm also going to put some shelves (or pockets) in the area above the grey tanks. As I had posted before, there's a lot of wasted space in there.

Today I ended up doing some work on my house since we received about an inch of snow and the temperatures dropped into the 30's again. Within the next couple of weeks, I should be able to get into this little project. I don't think it's going to be that tough just some head scratching and a few beers. There will be a lot of little pieces of wood cut on the table saw.

[hoosierguy]

Originally Posted by Dave&Ginny

Putting in larger and more doors is a must. I'm also going to put some shelves (or pockets) in the area above the grey tanks. As I had posted before, there's a lot of wasted space in there.

Today I ended up doing some work on my house since we received about an inch of snow and the temperatures dropped into the 30's again. Within the next couple of weeks, I should be able to get into this little project. I don't think it's going to be that tough just some head scratching and a few beers. There will be a lot of little pieces of wood cut on the table saw.

Dave,
I plan the same project as you this spring after we return home from Florida. When I first looked at that filter and and the access door, my engineering mind said "well that was done as an afterthought". Someone on the production line said "we need a water filter and access" and no one in engineering ever gave it any more thought or tried to see how you would change the water filter. Its too bad because Redwood has done a lot of good work in building this product.

I have never used that water filter due to the way it is installed. Instead, I use an inline Culligan filter ahead of my portable water softner. That has worked well for me, but, if I can make the canister filter availabe and convenient, I will make some changes.
Guy

[ichabod123]

I love this idea. Thanks Dave, my list just got longer